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We lack resistance to the present Posted on June 15th

There have been a number of articles in recent issues of The Commune reflecting on what kind of organisation it should be. Indeed, many in the radical left have returned to questions of organisation as a result of the decline and dispersal of the protests and projects of the ‘networked’ anti-globalisation movement. Somewhat surprisingly there is a great deal of agreement across the radical, conservative and traditional political spectrum that the purpose and function of political organisation is to produce propaganda, agitate, debate and discuss. That is to say, the left wing version is of a form of politics that is stuck in a loop of producing pamphlets, newspapers and websites, and hosting debates and conferences. Almost universally the question of politics is posed as one ... Tagged as strategy, underneath the cobblestones... | No Comments » | Continue linkarrow

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